16 And it came about that, as soon as all our enemies+ heard [of it] and all the nations that were around us got to see it, they at once fell very much in their own eyes, and they got to know that it was from our God+ that this work had been done.

13 And Haʹman went on to relate to Zeʹresh+ his wife and to all his friends* everything that had befallen him. At that his wise men+ and Zeʹresh his wife said to him: “If it is from the seed of the Jews that Morʹde·cai is before whom you have started to fall, you will not prevail against him, but you will without fail fall before him.”+

5 And the Jews went striking down all their enemies with a slaughter by the sword+ and with a killing and destruction, and they went doing to those hating them according to their liking.+

3 And it must occur in that day+ [that] I shall make Jerusalem a burdensome stone+ to all the peoples. All those lifting it will without fail get severe scratches for themselves; and against her all the nations of the earth will certainly be gathered.+